[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11959: Value Truncation Still Unchecked in registration.php

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#11959: Value Truncation Still Unchecked in registration.php
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 Reporter:  miqrogroove   |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Users         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |
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Comment (by johnpbloch):

 Regarding fixing this issue, what would be the preferable way to fix it?
 It seems to me that `username_exists()` should not truncate the username
 to 60 characters, since that would give a false positive. It seems to me,
 rather, that functions like `wp_insert_user()` or `sanitize_user()` should
 be making this sort of check instead of `username_exists()`. Thoughts?

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